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Biology Word Search

Biology is the study of living things, from a single cell up to a whole forest. The words start with everyday body parts and work toward the more technical terms, so the grid gets harder as you go.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • animal
  • blood
  • bone
  • brain
  • cell
  • habitat
  • heart
  • leaf
  • life
  • lung
  • muscle
  • plant
  • seed
  • skin
  • species

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Words in the Biology word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

life
The quality that separates living things from rocks and water.
cell
The smallest living unit that makes up every organism.
plant
A living thing that usually makes its own food from sunlight.
animal
A living thing that eats food and can usually move.
leaf
The flat plant part where most food making happens.
seed
A plant part holding a tiny embryo and stored food.
bone
Hard tissue that supports the body and protects organs.
blood
Liquid that carries oxygen and nutrients around the body.
heart
The muscle that pumps blood through the whole body.
lung
An organ that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.
skin
The body's largest organ and a barrier against germs.
brain
The organ that controls thinking, movement and the senses.
muscle
Tissue that contracts to move bones and other body parts.
species
A group of similar organisms that can breed together.
habitat
The natural place where a plant or animal lives.
organ
A body part with a job, such as the stomach.
tissue
A group of similar cells working together on one job.
bacteria
Single celled organisms, some helpful and some harmful.
fungus
An organism such as a mushroom that absorbs its food.
enzyme
A protein that speeds up reactions inside living things.

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